As companies and enterprises invest in technology to secure their current infrastructure, from the blues emerged another security challenge, BYOD! First appearing as a mere term in 2009 and then became part of mainstream IT in 2011. Now this is 2013 and whether enterprises are ready or not, employees will connect to corporate networks with their personal devices.
Staying Ahead
Restricting access to these devices are no longer an option, as studies have shown that levels of productivity is directly impacted by how users ‘want’ to work and not necessarily how they ‘need’ to work as defined by company policies. Staying secure is a key adoption driver too. Smart organizations have quickly adopted BYOD and updated polices to help guide users while still providing some level of security to the enterprise.
Adopting a BYOD strategy – early enough, is key in securing the enterprise, reacting to a breach from non-conformity could be extremely costly.
At least for a start, there should be visibility: IT Administrators need to know how many of these devices and what kind of devices are connected to the network. This information will provide for strategic planning and subsequent adoption.
BYOD adoption should typically include a Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution, for effective device management (Will discuss that in a later article).
The era of BYOD as an option is over, it is now a work style, a trend that can no longer be ignored, and a shift in work style that must be adopted by smart organizations to stay secure, relevant and productive.
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